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Naples, also known as the city of Naples, is one of the few metropolises in Italy, as well as a port street and tourist destination.

The beauty and elegance of this ancient capital even gave rise to the phrase "If you look at Naples, you can see it".

As one of the world's three largest night views, the city of Naples is lit up at night by a variety of lights, and if you look east, you can see a magnificent volcano 10 kilometers away.

Known for being the birthplace of pizza, Naples is actually a college town as well.

In 1224, the University of Naples, established during the reign of the Kingdom of Syria, is still alive today.

Because of this environment, there are many second-hand bookstores in the city.

Especially around Piazza Bellini in the old street, which is a very famous used bookstore street.

In such a city, in the corner of the city of Naples, there is an old street.

In the vicinity of Piazza Garibaldi and the Grand Basilica, there is a corner of the city in the middle of the city.

There, there is a second-hand bookstore called Millid's House.

The design of this shop is very neat.

It is a very small second-hand bookstore, but it is filled with a variety of old books of various sizes, giving off a unique atmosphere.

Noah, Erica and Liliana, who flew directly from London, England to Italy to Italy after a long journey, are now in front of the used bookstore.

"It's finally here..."Even Noah couldn't help but complain at this time.

"It's the first time I've flown so often in a row, even though there's nothing wrong with my body. I'm still mentally tired. ”

Erica and Liliana nodded in agreement.

If you look closely, it's Erica or Liliana. There is a trace of exhaustion left over from the hard work in his eyes.

"Lily." Erica struck up and said to Liliana.

"Are the people who belong to the Bronze Black Cross like you here?"

"That's right." Liliana also perked up. He nodded at Noah and Erica.

"You wait here, I'll go find her."

After the words fell, Liliana went directly into the used bookstore, and after a while, she brought the owner of the used bookstore out.

It was a woman of unknown age, wearing a very light and beautiful dress with a lot of lace trim, and a baby face.

"Diana? Millid greeted the king. The baby-faced woman lifted the corners of her skirt and saluted Noah solemnly.

"I beg the king to forgive me for my inconsiderate hospitality."

"Miss Diana is a witch who dwells in Naples, and belongs to the Bronze Black Cross like me. He is also a wise teacher who has given me magic. Liliana also added an introduction.

"To me, Miss Diana is like a teacher."

"Teacher? How can I be that old? Diana said to Liliana, her cheeks puffing out.

"I do teach you witchcraft for witches, but I'm not your teacher."

"It's... Is it? The corners of Liliana's eyes twitched visibly, and she laughed dryly.

Seeing this, Noah and Erica also got together and whispered.

"In other words, this young lady named Diana is actually much older than she seems on the surface?"

"At least as far as I know, you know that Lily and I are childhood sweethearts. When I first met her, I was only seven years old, and Miss Diana was already what she is now. ”

"It's been about nine years since you were seven years old, right? This look for so long? ”

"There's nothing strange about it, as long as you practice mana to the point where you're perfect. The witches will be able to maintain their youthful appearance and body, and even so, time will always pass. If you look closely, you can still find the crow's feet in the corners of Miss Diana's eyes. ”

"And how old is she?"

“…… It's better not to think too much about this kind of thing..."

Having reached such a consensus, Noah and Erica decide to ignore the matter.

Then, Noah stepped forward.

"I'm sorry. Miss Diana, I'm sure you already know the reason why we're here in Napoli from Lily. So, I'm sorry, but can you tell me if there's anything strange going on here, and if there are any signs of the 'Disobedient God'? ”

As soon as she mentioned the matter, Diana also restrained her smile and nodded at Noah.

"I understand, please go to the small shop first, let's go inside and talk."

Noah, Erica, and Liliana all nodded, and under Diana's leadership, they entered the used bookstore in front of them.

……

On the second floor of the second-hand bookstore, there is a living room and a library.

At a desk, Noah sat in the only seat, Erica and Liliana stood behind Noah like guards and retinues, and Diana stood in front of the desk, facing Noah, as if preparing to report to her boss.

This arrangement made the status of everyone present clearly expressed.

Noah is not the kind of person who likes to enjoy the feeling of being superior, but if he is treated like this, he will not feel that he is superior, so it doesn't matter.

In such a situation, Diana took out a report in her hand and said to Noah as she flipped through it.

"Lily contacted me not long ago to keep an eye out for anything unusual on Naples, and since then, I've been investigating signs of Naples' mana, and I've finally detected a large amount of mana gathering in a corner of Naples."

Erica, who was standing behind Noah, exchanged glances with Liliana.

Even Noah narrowed his eyes slightly.

In fact, there was a large amount of mana gathering in Naples, and after coming to Naples, Noah noticed it.

Erica and Liliana don't have the same excessive sensing ability as Noah, nor do they have Noah's keen sense of magic power as a "god killer", but the two girls are also very good knights, presumably, even if they are later than Noah, they must have more or less noticed the same phenomenon, right?

That's not the most important thing.

On top of that, the place where a lot of mana was gathered, according to Liliana, seemed to be an underground ruin under the management of the Bronze Black Cross that only witches could enter.

Liliana had also entered the underground ruins.

So, what was in that underground ruin, Liliana still remembers clearly.

So, Liliana spoke directly.

"Is it the Hera Pillar that gathers a lot of mana?"

———— Hera.

In Greek mythology, the wife of the god-king Zeus, a god with the same fate as Athena's bust ———— Metis.

Like Athena, who was born in North Africa and worshipped throughout the Mediterranean, the goddess Hera was originally the mother goddess of the Peloponnese, although she was not the queen of the divine realm, but she was also the highest goddess of the earth in the same category.

However, when the feminist society was repudiated, and men began to monopolize power and revise myths, Hera fell into the same fate as Athena.

The original noble supreme godhead was deliberately degraded, and Hera, like Metis, became the goddess subordinate to Zeus in Greek mythology.

The "Hera Pillar" is the seal that symbolizes Hera's "snake".

Just like the "Stone of Gorgon" is the seal of Athena's "snake", and the "Pillar of Hera" is Hera's "snake".

Today, this "Pillar of Hera" is stored in the underground ruins of Naples managed by the "Bronze Black Cross".

Sensing that there was a large amount of mana gathering in Naples, Liliana used the witchcraft of the detective to determine that the magic came from the underground ruins where the Pillar of Hera was kept.

In this way, it is not difficult to guess the source of the large amount of mana.

And Diana's answer also confirmed Liliana's guess.

"Since the 'Stone of Gorgon' was born a few months ago, the 'Hera Divine Pillar' has begun to gather mana, and the words were not obvious before, so we thought at first that it was just the power in the storage of the zài divine tool leaking out, and we didn't associate it with the 'God of Disobedience'."

"First Athena, and now Hera?" Noah frowned.

"But shouldn't it be 'steel' that appears in Naples?"

"Let's go check it out first!" Erica made a quick decision.

"It's better to check first!"

Noah nodded in agreement. (To be continued......)